Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-02-11
YEAS--39.
TEXT UE' THE MEASURE
The following is the text OF the men

FEa ,.os, Mitchell {or)' Stafford.
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TEXT OF THE MEASURE.
The following is the text OF the measure:
That it shall be unlawful for any me,nberoi
either house of conxress to accept employment
to the United States in any case to
which the United States may be party. or in
which their intercsLs may be concerned, or from
any railroad company, II such member shall
have reasonable,cause to believe that measures
specially affecting the Interests Of such com
pany are pending before congress. or are about
TO be so pending during his term OF Office Any
person violating the provisions OF this act shalt
he guilty OF msdemeanor and may be pun
1shed by imprisonment not exceeding one year,
or by fine not exceeding $500, or by both, in
the discretion OF the court. i,
The 'eirect tax" bill pa ssed by the sen.
ate is In substanee as follows:
It directs the secretary of the treasury to
credit to each state and territory and to The Dis
trict Of Columbia a sum equal to oil collections
made II ON them under the act Of Aug. 5, 1861.
1t rernitss and relenauishes all OF the tax still
due, and appropriates sufficient amount to
'1mburse the states for Rll mone rs found due to
them under the provisions of this act-to De
paid to their respective governors: provided,
that where the taxes have been collected from
citizens. either directly or by sale of property,
the amount shall be held In trust for them or
their legal representatives by the respective
states.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Randall reported resolution distharg-
ing the committee of the whole from tho
tfurther consideration of the senate bill for
the retirement and rccoinage OF the trade
dollar, and making The bill a special order in
the house for Feb IL, Immediately after the
reading of the journal Adopted The house
went into committee of the whole on the
private calendar, disposed OF few private
bills and took u recess till 1880 p m. The
at evening session
bills
The senate proceeded to the considera-
ton Of pension bills on the calendar.
'Sixty-six bills Were passed among them
1the following:
The house bill granting pension OF $50 a
month to the widow OF Brig. Gen. Thomas
Francis Meagher; hesenate bill, increasing the
$50 a month, and one Increasing the pension
the widow OF Commodore Spiccr to $50
. .Mhe Indian appropriation bill was taken
up and passed without word of discussion
The senate bill to incorporate the Atlantic
and Pacific Ship iRailway company (the
Tehuanrepac bill, cane,np as special order
and.Mr. Morgan argued in support OF the
bill MI. Hale offered an amendment that
except as to the guarantee OF 81 500, 900
expressly provided in the bill, the United
States should be In no respect, whatever, lia-
bic for any debt or obligation OF the COM
pany. Adjourned
The house,went into committee of the whole
'0n The diplomatic and consular aDpropr1a-
ton bill Mr.. Belmont said:
The committee on foreign affairs had copsid-
cred 1t s,duhy to make certain changes in the
consular service. These changes. however. were
not IN CONFLICT with existing laws. They con-
sisted of transfers Of certain consuis from one
grade TO another, and the transfer of certain
other consulsf from the fee list to the salary list
Another. change WAS anlncrease of the salary OF
theiminister 10 China. Our relations were of
such u nature as to make our mission there "A
Important as the mission. tc Russia or GERMANY
Mr.. McOrary, . member of the committee
on foreign affairs, opposed the iucreases If
salaries provided by the, bill
The speaker laid beiore the house a
message from the president returning with.
'out his approval, a bill granting pension
tosCuthbert Stone. In his MESSAGE the
president states:
The army reeO5ds show that the claimant
'speutimost Of his term Of enlistment in deser-
tion sor imprisonment for desertion. Thus il
character Of the claimant, :mentioned bv 7nhe
COMMITTEES as emitting him to consideration.
withhold my assent from the bill because, il the
facts before me are true. the allowance of this
claim would be travesty on our whole scheme Of
pensions, aud an Insult to every decent veteran
In natoing the hill granting q pension to
abraham = Grigg. the president quotes from
ant was not slck, but scompletely WORTHLESS.
sbese and Lazy The president says:
He does not regard 1t Is strange that this
claimant, encouraged by The ease with which
special acts are passed, seeks relief BY such
jeetcd by the pension bureau. = : -
Tbs president also cent in messages veto
ing bills granting pensions to Franklin